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Rolex Sydney Hobart: less than one month to go, live press conference video and interviews

30 November 2016
Today marked the run into Boxing Day with the official media launch of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016. Yes we are less than one month out from the “great race”, and yet it feels like yesterday. I took the opportunity to catch up with Paul Clitheroe, the owner/driver of Balance, the TP52 that took the overall IRC win and Tattersall’s Cup last year and also Mark…
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Rolex Sydney Hobart 2015: wrap and final interview for 2015

31 December 2015
Wow…. I wrapped up the Rolex Sydney Hobart for 2015 on board Primitive Cool this afternoon at Constitution Dock, and then just when I thought I was finished for 2015, I ran into the Balance team, winners on IRC for this year’s Hobart at the airport. Check out my wrap, and my final interview for 2015, a chat with this year’s Tattersall’s Cup winners. For the me, 2015 meant…
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Rolex Sydney Hobart 2015: Long Range Weather Forecast

22 December 2015
The weather for this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart start was of great media interest this morning, with one model yesterday showing conditions similar to the brutal 1998 Hobart. This is thankfully unlikely. Check out this video for the long range weather forecast briefing this morning at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia with key navigators as well as the Aussie weather bureau. From left to…
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The "Slownet" and what's next - Ken Read and Brad Jackson

30 August 2015
Brad Jackson in Portsmouth post Fastnet Brad Jackson took some time out of his busy schedule post Fastnet Race to sit down with me and chat about the Rambler 88 program as well as the Volvo Ocean Race, both Team SCA and whether we will see him back in a boat again any time soon! Ken Read in Gothenburg on the AC and Comanche programs Having missed catching up with Kenny in Cowes and also in…
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